Baroclinicity, forcing mechanism and prediction of chemical propagation of San Diego Bay and their effects on naval applications

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dc.contributor.advisorChu, Peter C.
dc.contributor.authorKyriakidis, Kleanthis
dc.contributor.corporateNaval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
dc.contributor.departmentOceanography
dc.contributor.secondreaderHaeger, Steven D.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-14T17:33:37Z
dc.date.available2012-03-14T17:33:37Z
dc.date.issued2005-06
dc.description.abstractBoth instantaneous current and chemical propagation predictions are of utmost importance for all littoral naval operations, including diving, amphibious and mine warfare ones. Undoubtedly, the operating limits and environmental thresholds are crucial and highly reliant on the accuracy and precision of the predictions. San Diego Bay is important because it hosts a large part of the U.S. fleet and has special ecological significance. A hydrodynamic model, "Water Quality Management and Analysis Package" (WQMAP), is used to predict the instantaneous currents with various forcing functions (tides, winds, and lateral boundary fluxes) and a hydrochemical model, "Chemical Management and Analysis Package", (CHEMMAP) to predict the water contamination and to simulate chemical attacks/accidents in San Diego Bay, which raise considerations regarding public health, economy, ecology or even national security. The study shows the barotropic nature of San Diego Bay, the slight significance of wind and the vulnerability of a semi-enclosed tidal basin in a possible chemical attack or accident. Simultaneously, it evaluates and uses two models used by NAVOCEANO.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceHellenic Navy author.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/baroclinicityfor109451943
dc.format.extentxvi, 97 p. : col. ill., col. mapsen_US
dc.identifier.oclc62171708
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/1943
dc.publisherMonterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.subject.lcshBaroclinicityen_US
dc.subject.lcshMilitary hydrologyen_US
dc.subject.lcshChemical oceanographyen_US
dc.subject.lcshWater chemistryen_US
dc.subject.lcshOceanographyen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaliforniaen_US
dc.subject.lcshSan Diego Bayen_US
dc.titleBaroclinicity, forcing mechanism and prediction of chemical propagation of San Diego Bay and their effects on naval applicationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplinePhysical Oceanographyen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameM.S.en_US
etd.verifiednoen_US
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